Citizens quitting migrant hotspots, ABS figures show

The council areas with some of the highest rates of overseas ­migration are the same locations where more people are leaving to live elsewhere in the country, ­according to an analysis of new population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

For the first time in its history, the ABS has been able to break down population estimates by both net overseas and internal ­migration and natural increases, revealing a portrait of a nation where the pressures of migrant ­intakes have been linked to residents leaving.